Hi everybody! I've read the 4 books, and I would like to know, what does the story make you feel? what do you like? Is the spanish history? customs of the age? what do you think, people of other countries? :roll:

Tiruritata I'd love to be able to discuss the books with you however, the english translations for all of them are not due out in the US until May.:( So I have not been able to read them of course. Which I will as soon as I can.:D

Hallo Ureos,
I don't have time to write a summary for myself, but I know where someone posted some time ago the content of the five released novels and also a general explanation for the non-Spanish speaking people. You can find it here:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395119/board/flat/10515125( :arrow: go down and look for the biggest post of that thread)
I think it's not bad to catch a general idea.

I'm really looking forward to reading Captain Alatriste when it's released in English in May. They definitely seem to be much beloved books in Spain, so I hope the English translation does them justice

doctor-Q, thank you so much for providing us this translation, i'm getting so excited about the movie, and we've quite a wait for even the english translation of the 1st book. and the movie spans all 5 books, does it not? *sigh* which might mean we might get to see the movie first before we ever get to read all 5 books.

muchas, muchas gracias doctorQ and quemepalce
for the link and the really long translations. I'm really impressed and so happy, it will motivate me to keep going with my spanish! By the end of filming of Alatriste I might understand the language, if there will be so many articles to read all the time!
Thanks again!

Doctor Q--Bravo for your efforts, please keep them coming as you can. They are so enjoyable. The Spanish versions are available here at bookstores and the library but they are very difficult to understand; at least for me with only school spanish...
now I can sense the type of character Alatriste has, the different smiles and expressions coming form the eyes, not the whole face.
I can just imagine Viggo spending hours practicing different looks in the mirror before filming like actors do, trying to get the bigote to move to the left without moving the rest of his face. El Sr. Reverte is an excellent writer. I hope the translator for the series does them justice.